Die Ermordung Cäsars

Giselher Klebe
Operas Die Räuber (1957) Die tödlichen Wünsche (1959) Die Ermordung Cäsars (1959) Alkmene (1961) Figaro lässt sich scheiden (1963) Jacobowsky und der Oberst (1965) Das Märchen von der schönen Lilie (1969) Ein wahrer Held (1975) Das Mädchen aus Domrémy (1976) Das Rendezvous (1973) Der Jüngste Tag (1980) Die Fastnachtsbeichte (1983) Gervaise Macquart (1995) Chlestakows Wiederkehr (2008)

Die Ermordung Cäsars, Op. 32, (The Murder of Caesar) is an opera in one act by Giselher Klebe who also wrote the libretto based on the translation by August Wilhelm von Schlegel of Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar.^[1]

It premiered on 20 September 1959 at the Grillo-Theater, Essen, with Gustav König conducting. It is dedicated to the German composer Wilhelm Maler.^[2] The opera is scored for piccolo flute; soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones; contrabassoon; bass trumpet; tenor tuba; timpani; piano; cellos; double basses; several tapes. A performance takes about 50 minutes.

Roles

• Caesar (baritone)
• Mark Antony (baritone)
• Publius and Popilius Lena, senators (sprechgesang, spoken role)
• Conspirators against Caesar:
  • Brutus (bariton)
  • Cassius (tenor buffo)
  • Casca (bass)
  • Decius (spoken role)
  • Metellus Cimber (spoken role)
• A soothsayer (bass)
• Cinna, a poet (tenor)
• People of Rome

Time and Place: Ancient Rome, 15 March 44 BC (Ides of March)

References

1. ↑ Die Ermordung Cäsars, Boosey & Hawkes
2. ↑ Work details, Klassika.info

External links

• Work details, Boosey & Hawkes

William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Characters	Julius Caesar Mark Antony Octavius Lepidus Flavius Marullus Cicero Calpurnia Portia Cinna Titinius Messala Young Cato Volumnius Conspirators Marcus Brutus Cassius Casca Decius Brutus Cinna Metellus Cimber Trebonius Caius Ligarius
Sources	Parallel Lives
On screen	1950 1953 1970 1979 (TV) 1994 (TV)
Adaptations	La morte di Cesare (1788) Shakespeare Writing "Julius Caesar" (1907) Caesar (1937) Die Ermordung Cäsars (1959) Dead Caesar (2007) The Karaoke King (2007) Roman Tragedies (2007)
Quotes	"The dogs of war" "Et tu, Brute?" "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" "Greek to me"
Related	Cultural depictions of Julius Caesar Assassination of Julius Caesar Caesar's Comet Ides of March Battle of Philippi Me and Orson Welles (2008) Caesar Must Die (2012)